In the January/February 2024 issue of Family Tree Magazine, they have introduced The Year Ahead, 366 genealogy tips will make 2024 your best research year yet by Lisa A Alzo. Lisa mapped out a day-by-day research plan.
April 18 – A major earthquake struck San Francisco on this day in 1906. Peruse historical newspapers to find out more about this and other disasters your ancestors lived through.
Did you know that an earthquake caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards and changed the path of the river.
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck on February 7, 1812. It was strong enough to create new depressions in the land and reverse the flow of the Mississippi River. In addition to destroying settlements, the earthquake also changed the natural landscape. The earthquake caused parts of the land to sink by at least 5 to 20 feet and created a new body of water in northeast Tennessee and another in eastern Arkansas.
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